OTR Links 09/28/2011

What to find a great photo or perfect celebrity picture? This list of best image search engines will help you find interesting photos in the easiest way possible. You will learn about hidden preferences, unique features that will make you searches images like a professional and actually find the best images possible.

Here are 31 online resources to help you improve your writing and become a better writer. No matter what kind of writing you are doing, whether you are a journalist or an entertainment blogger, a student who has to write an essay or someone who wants to become a screenwriter, there are sites on the Internet that can help you out with your writing.

This month marks Google’s 13th anniversary. The exact date Google celebrates this occasion has changed over the years, according to the company, “depending on when people feel like having cake.”

However, in recent years Sept. 27 is the day the celebratory Google Doodle appears; since 2002 Google has put up a different doodle each year. To celebrate, we’ve taken a look back at every birthday doodle posted — starting with today’s.

Read these sample activities to get ideas of how to use Kinect in the classroom. Use the filter on the left side of the page to find activities based on subject, age, or Kinect game. For more ideas, visit the Kinect for Education Facebook page.

“We are privileged to house in the Israel Museum’s Shrine of the Book the best preserved and most complete Dead Sea Scrolls ever discovered,” said James S. Snyder, Anne and Jerome Fisher Director of the Israel Museum. “They are of paramount importance among the touchstones of monotheistic world heritage, and they represent unique highlights of our Museum’s encyclopedic holdings. Now, through our partnership with Google, we are able to bring these treasures to the broadest possible public.”

It’s amazing what you can learn from the lives of fellow educators. One might assume that the experience of teaching is universal, and in some ways, that’s true, but each and every educator leaves their mark in a unique way that we can all learn from. Read these biographies and memoirs for an intimate look into the lives, experiences, and teaching styles of these iconic educators.

Bookwink’s mission is to inspire kids to read. Through podcasting and web video, we hope to connect kids in Grades 3 through 8 with books that will make them excited about reading. The videos are approximately 3 minutes long and are updated monthly. Each video booktalk is about a different topic, and additional read-alikes can be found on the Bookwink website. You can look for books by subject, grade level, author or title. We are constantly updating the book lists with our newest favorite books.

Microsoft has flipped the switch on its new Windows Phone Web Marketplace, allowing users to easily discover applications and games for their Windows Phone devices directly from the browser and have them delivered to their phone via SMS or email link, WPCentral reports.